TENSAS POPPADOC, INC. v. CHEVRON

No. CW 2007-927.

984 So.2d 223 (2008)

TENSAS POPPADOC, INC. v. CHEVRON, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. Talley, Jr., Michael R. Phillips, Louis M. Grossman, Frilot, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Applicant, Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

John A. Jeansonne, Jr., Jeansonne & Remondet, Lafayette, LA, for Applicants, McGowan Working Partners, Inc., Spokane Oil & Gas, L.L.C., and Sunset Oil & Gas, L.L.C.

John A. Jeansonne, III, Jeansonne & Remondet, New Orleans, LA, for Applicants, McGowan Working Partners, Inc., Spokane Oil & Gas, L.L.C., and Sunset Oil & Gas, L.L.C.

F. John Reeks, Jr., Brian A. Cowan, Lemle & Kelleher, Shreveport, LA, for Applicants, Devon Energy Production Co., L.P., Merit Energy Co., Merit Management Partners, I, L.P., Merit Energy Partners, III, L.P. Merit Energy Partners D-III, L.P.

D. Russell Holwadel, Bruce R. Hoefer, Jr., Ira J. Rosenzweig, Adams, Hoefer, Holwadel & Eldridge, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Applicants, Denbury Onshore, L.L.C., and LSJ Exploration, L.L.C. for Smith Operating & Management Co., Diamond Smith Operating, L.L.C. and Oil & Ale LSJ, L.C.C.

D. Russell Holwadel, Bruce R. Hoefer, Jr., Ira J. Rosenzweig, Adams, Hoefer, Holwadel & Eldridge, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Applicants, LSJ Exploration, L.L.C. and C.J. Morris, Inc.

Guy E. Wall, Paul E. Bullington, Jonathan R. Cook, Wall & Bullington, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Applicants, LSJ Exploration, L.L.C. and C.J. Morris, Inc.

Donald T. Carmouche, Victor L. Marcello, John H. Carmouche, Kenneth Jay DeLouche, William R. Coenen, III, John S. DuPont, III, Brian T. Carmouche, Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello, Gonzales, LA, for Respondent, Tensas Poppadoc, Inc.

Jerold Edward Knoll, The Knoll Law Firm, L.L.C., Marksville, LA, for Respondent, Tensas Poppadoc, Inc.

James E. Paxton, APLC, St. Joseph, LA, for Respondent, Tensas Poppadoc, Inc.

Wade N. Kelly, Robichaux, Mize, Wadsack & Richardson, L.L.C., Lake Charles, LA, for Respondent, Tensas Poppadoc, Inc.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.


COOKS, Judge.

This litigation arises out of the alleged contamination of certain property located in the Lake St. John oilfield in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. Plaintiff, Tensas Poppadoc, Inc., alleged that various oil and gas explorations by several defendants have contaminated or otherwise damaged its property. Plaintiff sought compensatory damages to cover the cost of remediation and restoration, loss of use, diminution of value, and mental anguish.

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